Mechanical toy.



No. 687,071. Patented'nov. I9, mm, c. n. scHoLL.-

MECHANICAL TOY.

(Application filed. Feb. 2, 1901.)

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S. S E m W A TTOHNE YS- No. 687,07I. Patented N'v. I9, |90l.

C. B. SCHOLL.

MECHANICAL TUY.

(Application filed Feb. 2, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES .PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLESl R. SOHOLL, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

MECHANICAL TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters APatent No. 687,071, datedNovember 19, 1901.'

applicati@ ne@ February 2,1901. semina. 45,720. oramai.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. ScHoLL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Reading, in the county of Berks and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Mechanical Toy, of whichthe follow- Y ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements inV mechanical toys; and theobject is to provide a toy of sim ple construction in which a car orthelike is propelled along a continuous track having various inclines,partly by gravity and partly by a motor.

I will describe a mechanical toy embodying my invention and then pointout the novel features in the appended claim.

Reference isto be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the gures. Y

Figure 1 is a side elevation of atoy embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isalongitudinal section of a portion of the device. Fig. 3 is a plan viewthereof, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

The device comprises a platform having` an upward incline 5 and ashorter reverse incline 6. This platform is supported in a suitableframe. As here shown, it is supported between side pieces 7. Extendedthrough an opening at the junction of the two inclnes 5 and 6 of theplatform is an idler-roller 8. At the lower end of the incline 5 is aroller 9 and at the lower end of the incline 6 is a roller 10. Thisroller l0 has a band connection l1 with a motor 12, which may be aspring, a clockwork, or other motor.

Arranged on opposite sides of the platform are tracks or rails 13, withwhich the wheels of a car 14 may engage. A platform 15 is arranged in acircular or spiral direction, its upperend connecting with or being acontinuation of the incline 6 of the platform arranged Within the frameand its lower end communicating with or being connected to the lower endof the incline 5 of the platform in said frame. On this platform 15 arerails 16.

An endless carrier-belt 17 extends around the rollers 8, 9, and 10, andthe upper stretch of this carrier moves upon the upper surface of theplatform-sections 5 and 6, and attached to this carrier at suitabledistances apart are hooks or clutches 18, designed to engage with anaxle ofa car, and the platform is provided with openings 19 and 20,through which these hooks may pass. l

In operation while the carrier is in motion and a hook or'clutch 18 isin engagement with the axle of the car said car will be moved up theincline 5, downthe incline 6, and at the end of this incline 6 the hookwill be released from the car and the car will pass by gravity aroundthe spiral incline until it again reaches the lower portion of theincline 5, when it will again be carried upward, as before stated.Therefore it will be noted that the operation of the car is practicallycontinuous While the motor 12 is running, and it is obvious that theremay be as many cars as desired.

This device as a toy will be found very amusing to children,especiallyas the cars may be sufficiently large to hold dolls and thelike but it is to be understood that while I have described andillustrated the device as a toy it may be made; on a larger scale andthe cars used for carrying passengers for amusement.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A platform having a long upward incline and a reverseshort incline, a frame on which said platform is supported, track-railsat opposite sides of the platform, an endless carrier movable over theplatform, a circular spiral platform arranged outside the frame for thefirst-named platform, the upper end of which connects with the lower endof the short incline of the first-named platform and the lower end ofwhich connects with the lower end of the long incline, track-rails onsaid spiral platform and having connection with the first-namedtrack-rails, and a car, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES R. SCHOLL.

